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Originally posted by ilovemyglo
Just a question for you, breathesgelatin,
have you ever looked at someone and thought slut? because of the way she dressed?
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Honestly? no.
I think my major issue is that people coming from the outside are often say things like "Oh, XYZ *chose* to be that way" when, if they took the time to get to know XYZ, they'd realize she grew up in a home where violence was a constant, and that she was sexually abused as a child. That she was tracked into remedial classes and given the worst teachers starting in the 4th or 5th grade. Things like that. I'm just really critical of people who come into rural communities and judge without really getting to know supposed "white trash" people. I know these people. I grew up with them. They're my friends. I've been grouped with them before.
I'm not big on passing judgement, if you couldn't tell. I'm not saying that some of the people you call "white trash" aren't lazy, immoral, or purposefully ignorant. But the great majority of them aren't.